Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Byrd, Bessie L. Gardner, 1921 

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BESSIE L. GARDNER BYRD

   Mrs. Bessie L. Byrd, wife of Mr. C. Oscar Byrd of this town, died at 
her home in North High Street Tuesday morning in her thirty-fifth year. 
She had been an invalid for the past two years, suffering intensely for 
the greater part of this time and bearing her afflictions with Christian 
fortitude and resignation.  She was a useful and consistent member of the 
Franklin Christian Church for a number of years and a valuable member of 
the church choir.

   She was a native of Whaleyville, Nansemond County, and besides her 
husband is survived by one brother, Charles C. Gardner, of Portsmouth, 
and four sisters, Mrs. R.A. Harrell and Mrs. J.F. Jernigan of Suffolk, 
Mrs. C.C. Michael of Fairmont, N.C., and Miss Carrie Gardner of Whaleyville. 
Her father George Gardner of Whaleyville, preceded her to the grave about 
four months ago, her condition being so critical that she was never cognizant 
of his death.

   Funeral services were conducted from the Franklin Christian Church 
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by her pastor, Dr. C.H. Rowland, assisted 
by Dr. W.W. Staley of Suffolk and Rev. J.A. Chapman of High Street M.E. 
Church, interment following in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were 
W.B. Simpson, Geo. R. Hayes, L.B. Norfleet, W.H. Norfleet, E.C. Beale, J.A. 
Williams, L.R. Jones and J.L. Rountree.


[Bessie Lee (GARDNER; Mrs. C. Oscar) BYRD, 
 Whaleyville native, d. 8 Feb 1921, at home, Franklin, age 34*, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (unmarked*), Franklin, 9 Feb 1921, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 11, 1921, p. 1] 

[*Abstract of death certificate (1921, 566-4510) at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630b1dc.txt] 

[**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
     Poplar Spring- unmarked/unknown location: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplarun.txt] 

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